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Answers from the Heart: Practical Responses to Life's Burning Questions

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Hanh once again takes complex ideas and makes them understandable, reachable, and useful.(Aside from the wisdom, his books are a model of clear thinking and thus clear writing.) The Q and A format is an especially useful teaching tool and I suggest ,if a reader is unfamilar with his work, to start with this book.It lays the foundations.I found the parts on dealing with the future("the present moment contains both past and future. The only material the future is made of is the present. Handling the present moment with all your attention...is already building a future."),as well as his comments on how to integrate the Buddha's teaching into our work lives, to be especially useful and inspiring.

Answers from the Heart: Practical Responses to Life's Burning Questions presents the direct, honest wisdom of Zen Master Thich Nhat Hanh, a Vietnamese Buddhist Monk whose efforts to promote peace and reconciliation earned him a nomination for the 1967 Nobel Peace Prize. Answers from the Heart draws upon the teachings of Buddhism, and the value of mindfulness in daily practice, in its responses to fifty of the most common questions that Hanh has had to respond to. "When you ask whether it's all right to end our lives if our lives have become unbearable, I say we should first try to get help. We can't be dogmatic about euthanasia; we have to examine each case. Sometimes we have to help a person to die, because their suffering is so intense it would be against the practice of compassion if we let them continue to suffer. But it should be done with the collective insight of the doctors, the families, and the person concerned..." An absolutely insightful and invaluable supplement to any Buddhist studies collection, Answers from the Heart is thoroughly accessible to readers of all backgrounds, and highly recommended.

I really love the author. It always makes me feel more happy and peaceful after I read his books.

I found this book good for the beginner, it focuses on using mindfulness to deal with daily problems we might have. I get the feeling that the author may not have experienced many of the problems he tries to give advice on however, as there is a lack of real world experience in the answers, which tend to time and again fall back on basic Buddhist principles.

Thich Nhat Hanh answers many of Life's basic questions in a simple, straighforward, and direct way. He has an amazing ability to help us understand the world in which we live in a way we can all understand.

Excellent book!

Thich Nhat Hanh answers common questions with common sense using common language. His responses are insightfulness, reassuring and heart warming.